The Apotheosis of the Arts

1597

Jan Muller, after Bartholomaeus Spranger

Associated Names
Jan Muller

Artist, Netherlandish, 1571 - 1628

Herman Jansz Muller

Publisher, Netherlandish, c. 1540 - 1617

Bartholomaeus Spranger

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1546 - 1611

This image depicts mythological figures in a celestial setting. The figures are on swirling clouds and are detailed with emphasis on anatomy and movement. The background includes an architectural structure, a distant landscape, and additional figures. The drawing is detailed and dramatic, resembling classical mythology illustrations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 68.1 × 50.4 cm (26 13/16 × 19 13/16 in.) (trimmed to plate mark)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.577

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 76, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Associated American Artists, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased September 24, 1989; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 72, ii/iii

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Muller Dynasty, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 76, iii/iii

Inscriptions

in image, at lower left: B. Sprangers inuen.; in image, at bottom left: Amplissimis prudentissimisque Reip: Antverpien Consulibus et / Senatoribus, Dominis et Patronis suis plurimùm colendis: / quò ergà Patriam et pueritiae suae altricem, et Artium / liberalium cultricem, aliquo modo gratum memoremque se / praestet, Bartholomaeus Spranger S. C. M. Pictor et . / Senatûs deditissimus Cliens dicat consecratque. DDDXCVII. / Joannes Mullerus Sculpsit.; below image: Postquám Barbaries tractus populata feracis / Florentes Asiae florentesque Helladis oras, / Africam et ardentem, magnam Europaeque potentis / Inuasit partem, multo truculentior ausu: / Pictura, artifici Sculpturaque, culta Lysippo, / Archi-què-tectura, vultu praecone venustae / Tres Nymphae, Comites indiuiduaeque sorores, / Contemptae prorsùs, per nubes Palladis almae / Se suasu profugae seruant: quas propria Fama / Detinet, ac afflans Zephyrus, dum paret Amori, / Aurâ sustentat, donec diro hoste fugato, / Auspicijs Iouis, obtineant sua pristina Regna.

Wikidata ID

Q76557224

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